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Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

An abanoned phosphate quarry/mine located 5 km NE of Angaston.

Refs.:
- Segnit, E. R., Watts, J. A. & Peisley, V. (1981): Mineralogy of the rock phosphate deposit at Moculta, South Australia. Austral. Mineral. 1 (35), 179-186.
- Henderson, W. A., jr. & Peisley, V. (1985): Calcioferrite from the Moculta quarry near Angaston, South Australia. Mineral. Rec. 16, 477-480.
- Kampf A.R. (1977). Minyulite: its atomic arrangement, American Mineralogist, 62, 256-262.
- Mills, S. J. (2003): A note on perhamite from the Moculta (Klemms) phosphate quarry, South Australia. Austral. J. Mineral. 9, 43-45.





Map Reference: 34°31'S , 139°3'E

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Mineral List:
  • Aldermanite (TL)
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
       var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
  • Baryte
  • Beraunite
  • Cacoxenite
  • Calcioferrite
  • Childrenite
  • Crandallite
  • Cyrilovite
  • Dufrénite
  • Fluellite
  • Goethite
  • Gorceixite
  • Halloysite
  • Hausmannite ?
  • Hematite
  • Jarosite
  • Leucophosphite
  • Limonite
  • Minyulite
  • Muscovite
  • Perhamite
  • Phosphophyllite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrolusite ?
  • Quartz
  • Rockbridgeite
  • Saponite
  • Strengite
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Variscite
  • Vermiculite
  • Vivianite
  • Wavellite


    36 entries listed. 33 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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